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NASA Eliminates Chief Scientist and Other Jobs at Its Headquarters

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NASA is eliminating its chief scientist and other roles as part of efforts by the Trump administration to pare back staff at the...
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Supreme Court Rejects an Effort to Block States From Suing Oil Giants

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The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an argument that aimed to restrict states from suing oil companies for financial damage related...
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Without Offering Proof, Kennedy Links Measles Outbreak to Poor Diet and Health

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In a sweeping interview, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health and human services secretary, outlined a strategy for containing the measles outbreak in...
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Why Older People May Not Need to Watch Blood Sugar So Closely

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By now, Ora Larson recognizes what’s happening. “It feels like you’re shaking inside,” she said. “I’m speeded up. I’m anxious.” If someone asks...
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Video: Are Genetically Modified Pigs The Future of Organ Transplantation?

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How have the first patients fared after receiving organ transplants from genetically modified pigs? Roni Caryn Rabin, a health reporter on the Science...
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For Patients Needing Transplants, Hope Arrives on Tiny Hooves

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More than 100,000 Americans are on waiting lists for donor organs, most needing a kidney. Only 25,000 human donor kidneys become available each...
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NASA to Launch SPHEREx and PUNCH Missions: How to Watch

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Two NASA missions are ready for a late-night launch aboard a single rocket. Both aim to unravel mysteries about the universe — one...
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Joan Dye Gussow, Pioneer of Eating Locally, Is Dead at 96

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Joan Dye Gussow, a nutritionist and educator who was often referred to as the matriarch of the “eat locally, think globally” food movement,...
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More NOAA Employees May Be Let Go, Making 20% of Staff Cut

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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the nation’s premier agency for weather and climate science, is set to lose another 1,000 workers under...
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Stand Up for Science Rally Sees Mix of Science, Politics and Anxiety

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In Washington, many protesters declined to share their names publicly, for similar reasons. One woman, who wore a surgical mask and a long,...
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